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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.3 - Manufacture of parts and accessories for motor vehicles
400 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
29 September 2016
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 March 2017
Description
Automotive lighting manufacturer Varroc Lighting Systems is to recruit about 400 people and increase the current 2,500 staff at three sites (Nový Jičín, Rychvald, Ostrava) over the next few months. Within the next 18 months, the company wants to invest CZK 1.8 billion (EUR 66.6 million) The firm supplies headlights to Jaguar, Ford, PSA, Volkswagen (VW), Bentley, Mercedes, Skoda, Lincoln, Cadillac and Tesla.
Varroc Lighting Systems is experiencing a fast-paced growth. In the last financial year, its revenues increased from under CZK 9bn to a record CZK 10.20bn (EUR 377.49mn).
Sources
29 September 2016: Hospodárske noviny
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Varroc Lighting Systems, Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 88876, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/88876.
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